Luciana

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proper noun

A female given name from Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.

UncommonScrabble 9

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.

    Miss Luciana G. Kimber, 26, Knoxville.

    2003 June 10, “Obituaries”, in Knoxville News Sentinel, final edition, Knoxville, Tenn., →OCLC, page B6, column 1
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    Miss Luciana Wagner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Wagner of Chestnut Hill, was married this afternoon to Rodolfo Schonenberg.

    1962 January 21, “Rodolfo Schonenberg Marries Luciana Wagner, Vasser 1960”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

    Miss Luciana Anna Maria Annibali, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Annibali of Lawrence, was married this afternoon to Donald Gardner Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gardner of Providence, R. I.

    1967 May 21, “Luciana Annibali Is Wed in Hewlett”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

    I was taken with Luciana Coutchie’s choice of fundraiser to honor her son, Jon Coutchie, a Laguna Beach police officer who died two years ago while responding on duty to a report of a speeding motorist.

    2015 October 23, Debbie Zucco, “Taking delight in fright: Readers share their love of Halloween”, in Daily Pilot, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2026

    At home, James rarely let me finish a sentence, but if he interrupted me during a counselling session Maggie would tell him: ‘No, it’s Luciana’s turn to speak.’

    2025 December 11, Luciana Barber [pseudonym], “My husband and I thought leaving the city and taking semi-retirement by the sea would be wonderful. […]”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Italian, Portuguese, and SpanishLuciana
  2. EnglishLuciana

From Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Luciana. By surface analysis, Lucia /Lucie /Lucy + -ana.

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APA

Luciana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luciana

MLA

“Luciana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luciana. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Luciana,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luciana.

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